Bulk Items in Repeat Region/BOM Table

[telecomguy]

I'm about to start using bulk items a good 10 years after starting to work with Proe.

I've created a some bulk item library parts and have assembled them into my assembly. Our standard BOM table was using the &model_name paramater to list the parts. The bulk items are listed in the BOM as I would expect.

But now I want to show a part_number parameter instead. I inserted a new column with the &asm.mbr.partnumber parameter and it filled in the table just as I would expect.

Then I deleted the &model_name column from the table and all of my bulk items disappeared from the BOM. I recreated this cause/effect a couple of times. What gives?

A work-around I'm currently considering is to keep the &model_name column, moving the column to the end of my table and setting it off the format. Only problem then is I see the table cell borders shooting off the side of my page. (see image)

Q1: can anybody help with the original issue?
Q2: if not, does anyone know how to hide the cell borders on a particular column in a table?

Thanks,
-tg

 

[3dlogix]

For Q2:

Pick the entire table (double click it or use Query Select) and then select TABLE/LINE DISPLAY. Pick BLANK and select the lines to blank.

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com

 

[telecomguy]

For some reason I never ran across the BLANK option. I'll give it a try. Will the 'blanking' follow the repeat region (ie. additional assembly items come in blanked)?

-tg

 

[3dlogix]

It does, as the Region grows or shrinks. The items will appear, just the cell lines will be Blanked.

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com

 

[telecomguy]

OK, so I remote desktopped to my work and pulled up the drawing (slooo

http://wwwww!).

I was looking under the Format menu rather than Table menu (duh!). So when I blanked the horizontal lines, I still get the very top and very bottom lines. I presume this is the table border rather than a cell border. Hmmm...

-tg

 

[3dlogix]

OK, the outer table border cannot be blanked, just the cells inside.

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com

 

[telecomguy]

I'm a little closer now. But as I mentioned, this is a work around for something I'd bet has a different fix. I'm going to do some more playing with it and see what other behaviours I can discover that might give me an acceptable result.

Thanks for the help,
-tg

 

[3dlogix]

I really easy and dirty fix would be to keep the offending column and make it as narrow as possible. The smallest width is 0.1 characters, you still see the column. Then make the text as small as possible.

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com

 

[telecomguy]

I like the way you think. I'll take a look at that option as well. Maybe it will hide in my border line.
-tg

 

[3dlogix]

I think a combination of thin columns and BLANK column lines may get you what you are looking for.

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com

 

[telecomguy]

I'll play with justification of the text, but here's the result. Or I could just stop there. The text is just a dot on the page. Your awesome!

-tg

 

[3dlogix]

Glad it seems to work out for you. Now just don't give the drawing to some one with a jewelers lens, they might nail you!

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com